The nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. As expected, big players include The Social Network and The King’s Speech, but there are very strong showings for The Kids Are All Right, The Fighter and True Grit. The Best Picture nominees are: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and Winter’s Bone. If you’re going by the numbers, The King’s Speech is strong with 12, followed by a wonderful 10 for True Grit and then 8 for both The Social Network and Inception, with the latter scoring on technical nominations.

The full list of nominees is after the break.

While Inception did manage to squeeze into the Best Picture race, Christopher Nolan didn’t get a Best Director slot. Glad that Javier Bardem got his nod for Biutiful, and that True Grit shows up as strong as it does. And people were afraid it might get shut out. Scott Pilgrim could have used at least an effects nod, especially over the dismal Alice in Wonderland, but I’m not actually surprised to see the way that category went.

Surprises include the nomination of Dogtooth in the Foreign category (that was a big and very pleasant surprise), and it’s great to see John Hawkes get a nod for his great work in Winter’s Bone. Not really a surprise to see James Franco nominated for 127 Hours, but as his work was perhaps the strongest aspect of that film, it’s still a good thing. Despite getting a few nods in other awards circles, Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer didn’t show at all.

The Oscars will be awarded live by hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway on February 27, 2011. Here are the nominees.

BEST PICTURE: Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Biutiful Dogtooth In a Better World Incendies Outside the Law

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Toy Story 3

ORIGINAL SONG: Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman